Adidas Forum Satin Low J 'Triple White'
Colorway: Cloud White/Cloud White/Cloud White · Style code: H68194 · Release date: March 2021 · Price: $188 · Availability: Available now
Satin is the whole reason this pair exists. The upper carries a smooth, faintly lustrous finish instead of the matte synthetic or tumbled leather the Forum usually wears, and because every panel is Cloud White, that sheen is the only thing giving the shoe depth. Stripes, strap and laces are white as well, so light and shadow do all the shaping.
It went out in March 2021 at 80 dollars in junior sizing, with an EVA midsole under the foot rather than a plain rubber stack, which takes some weight out of a shoe children will run in. The rest is standard issue: a band fastened over the instep, the overlay it passes through, and the cupsole shape adidas has kept since the model's 1984 basketball run. Satin is not the most durable surface on a kids sneaker, and it marks more readily than leather, but it is also the only finish in the junior Forum range that looks dressed up rather than dressed down.